My ranking is as follows:
1- Cloud- he has a huge buster sword and has those foggy eyes, plus he's hair do is the coolest
2- Aeris- i hated that she had to die as she had one of the best limit breaks and really fit into the archetype of white mage with rod and everything
3- Tifa- a lady with punches, gotta love that. its usually a man role and she does with flair and huge boobs
4- Barret- he curses a lot and has a gun instead of a hand, what's not to love?
5- Yuffie- the perky girl who is an actual ninja? some perky girls have a ninja like personality or skill set, but she is an actual ninja
6- Cid- he also curses a lot and keeps that cigarette in his mouth even while fighting, but the way he treated his assistant was just way too much for him to rank higher
7- Red- a tiger who can talk and can deal damage with a hair clip, how cool is that? Not cool enough to rank any higher
8/9- Cait Sith and Vincent- i couldn't really identify with either of them. They're both cool in their own way, firstly a cat who rides an oversized pompomless moogle and strikes with a microphone and then a vampire who strikes with a gun and turns into monsters. Now that I think about it, Vincent is actually quite cool because he's a vampire, but unlike classic vampires who wield a rapier, or a spear or a medieval weapon of some sort, he actually uses a gun. So he could maybe be a 20th century vampire (For the record, I know he's not an actual vampire, but some people describe him as such since he came out of a coffin and all and I usually go with that anology).
Edit: I moved Cid and Yuffie up a rank and Red down two ranks. I did this ranking before I actually completed the game so I was missing some important back information. The reason why I decided to do this was because I realized that Cid was mistaken and had it in him to forgive Shera, so that made him more worthy of my consideration. The reason why Red went down is because although he is very cool with his flaming tail and all, he is ultimately forgettable. Yuffie basically went up as a standard chain of events, no catharsis there
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